Taboret.



R. A. SALE.

TABOEET.

APPLICATION FILED 00T.14, 1911.

1,124,662. Patented Jan. 12, 1915.

were srarns PATENT 0mm ROBERT A. SALE, OF HIGH POINT, NORTH CAROLINA, ASSIG-NOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN S. EPES AND ONE-HALF TO EDWIN G. PALMER, BOTH 0F EMPORIA, VIRGINIA.

TAIBORET.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, ROBERT A. SALE, a citizen of the United States, residing at High Point, in the county of Guilford and State of North Carolina, have invented a new and useful Taboret, of which the following is a specification.

It is the object of the present invention to provide a taboret of simple and improved form, the resilient legs of which are held in diverging relation, by means of a re movable spreader, the legs constituting means for maintaining the spreader in place, owing to the resiliency of the legs, interengaging elements being provided upon the spreader and upon the legs, preventing a displacement of the spreader from the legs.

A further object of the invention is to provide a table top including a head into which the legs are removably inserted, a

' spreader being inserted between the legs, to

cause the legs to bind in the head.

A further object of the invention is to cheapen and to improve generally, the construction of devices of the type to which the present invention appertains.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows in side elevation, a taboret constructed in accordance with the present invention; Fig. 2 is a transverse section upon the line AB of Fig. 1, the head, however, remaining in elevation, so that sundry details may not be obscured; Fig. 3 is a transverse section upon the line (3-D of Fig. 1; Fig. l is a detail perspective of the upper end of one of the legs; Fig. 5 is a detail perspective of the intermediate portion of one of the legs; and Fig. 6 is a fragmental vertical section through the spreader and through one of the legs, showing in what Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 14, 1911. Serial No. 654,709.

Patented Jan. 12, 1915.

manner the spreader is interengaged with the legs.

In carrying out the invention there is provided a top 1, of any desired outline, to the lower face of which is secured a head 2. The head 2 is polygonal in cross section. In the outer faces of the head 2 there are upright grooves 3. The head 2 is surrounded by a band 4 extended across the grooves, the band l being located preferably, mid-way between the top and the bottom of the head 2. The grooves 3 and the band 4 serve to define sockets into which the legs of the taboret are inserted, and the band l constitutesa retaining means, extended across the grooves 3, to hold the legs in place. The band 4 is held in place upon the head 2 by means of pins, these pins being positioned as may be desired. If deemed advisable, the pins, denoted by the numeral 5, may be inserted through the band l, to enter the head 2 within the grooves 8. As shown at 6, certain of the pins may be inserted through the band 4 into the head 2, between the grooves 3.

The legs 7 are resilient, and are of suiticient width to fill the grooves 3 closely, the upper ends of the legs 7 being inserted into the grooves 3, beneath the band 4. The legs 7 may be notched in their upper ends, as shown at 8, so as to permit the legs to clear the pins 5.

The invention further includes aspreader, denoted generally by the numeral 9. The spreader 9 may be of any outline, and in the present instance is shown as being fashioned with a plurality of outstanding arms 10, the Width of which, at the outer ends, is substantially the same as the width of the legs 7. The spreader 9 is inserted between the legs 7 the legs 7 being thus put under tension. The spreader 9 is, therefore, spring-held by and between the legs 7. Interengaging elements are provided, preventing a displacement of the spreader 9 from between the legs 7. These interengaging elements preferably take the form of pins 11, outstanding from the ends of the arms 10 of the spreader, the pins 11 entering openings 12-, formed in the inner faces of the legs 7. The pins 11 extend, preferably,

but part way through the legs 7. When the spreader 9 is mounted in place between the legs 7, the lower ends of the legs 7 will diverge, in a graceful curve, as indicated at 14.

When the spreader 9 is inserted between the legs 7, the legs will be sprung outwardly, at their upper ends, to bind against the band 4, by which operation, the head 2 and the top 1 will be held securely upon the legs 7. Owing to the fact that the legs 7 fit snugly in the grooves 3, lateral movement of the legs in the grooves will be impossible. Therefore, When the spreader 9 is mounted in place between the legs 7, the lower ends of all of the legs will be in a common plane. 1 A secure, Inulti-point support for the table will therefore be effected. Owing to the fact that the spreader 9 is engaged at more than two points, with the legs 7, through the interengagement between the pins 11 and the openings 12, a tilting of the spreader will be avoided.

The taboret herein disclosed, comprises but few parts, and is inexpensive to' manu facture. The device may be assembled and be knocked down, without the use of tools, the entire structure may be disposed in small compass for shipment. The parts of the device are interchangeable and a breakage of one of them will in no wise render what is claimed 1. A taboret comprising a head having sockets; resilient legs removably seated in the sockets; a spreader inserted between the legs to flex the legs and to put the legs under tension and to cause the legs to bind in the sockets; and interlocking elements upon the spreader and the legs, said elements being held in interlocked relation by the tension of the legs and the legs being outwardly flexible to permita removal of the spreader.

2. A taboret comprising a head; resilient legs connected with the head; a spreader inserted between the legs to flex the legs and to put the legs under tension; and interlocking elements upon the spreader and the legs, said elements being held in interlocked relation by the tension of the legs, and the legs being outwardly flexible to permit a removal of the spreader.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

ROBERT A. SALE. it Witnesses V. A. SMITH, F. E. PERKINS.

Copies 01 this patent may be obtained to: five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of I'atentgs.

' Washington, D. 0." 

